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A controversial new U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission rule will not do enough to ensure that radioactive materials at U.S. hospitals are protected from acts of theft or sabotage, a senior investigator at the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office told Global Security Newswire.

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The U.S. Government Accountability Office has uncovered a number of holes in measures at medical facilities for protecting substances suited for use in radiological "dirty bomb," the New York Times reported on Wednesday.

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VIENNA — The threat of radiological terrorism is contributing to a shortage of options for companies seeking to ship materials that are vital in medicine and other fields, according to diplomats at the International Atomic Energy Agency.

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Yemen's primary cache of radioactive materials is poorly secured and vulnerable to seizure by militants, a leaked U.S. State Department cable from earlier this year quoted a high-level Yemeni official as saying (see GSN, Dec. 9).

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The Radiation Safety Institute of Canada has warned that terrorists could easily obtain radioactive materials from Canadian companies and university laboratories, the Canadian Press reported today (see GSN, Aug. 18).